
Career Highlights: Appointed commissioner by Los Angeles County Superior Court judges, April 12, 2019; associate, Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester, Los Angeles, 2018-19; partner, Matison, Margolese & Korn, Los Angeles, 2016-18; associate, Armstrong & Sigel, Los Angeles, 2015-16; associate, Law Office of Mark Yablonovich, Los Angeles, 2015; in house attorney, J.K. Residential Services, Los Angeles, 2013-15; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 2004-13; deputy city attorney, Los Angeles, 2002-03; associate, Chapman, Glucksman & Dean, Los Angeles, 1999-2002; associate, Bollington & Roberts, Long Beach, 1990-99
Law School: UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA
By Arin Mikailian
LOS ANGELES — When he started out as a judge pro tem in traffic years ago, Commissioner Jeffrey W. Korn remembered asking his court assistant about reducing a motorist’s fine.
“The judicial assistant said, ‘Well, we have 90 people out there and you could adjust the fine, but just remember when you get to that 90th person, you’re going to have to adjust their fine, too,’... (continued)